Archive for July, 2006

Nasty rumours about the 2012 Olympics in Stratford, Newham, London, UK. 

All of the above was heard in a casual conversation in the street in Stratford, Newham, on a lovely sunny day, in early Summer 2006. Is it true? Perhaps the Parisians, who lost their bid to host the 2012 Olympics after intense lobbying by Tony Blair, may have the last laugh after all.

The Twilight Of England 

When England played Portugal in the recent World Cup, I confess I bet against them. Their performance in their previous matches convinced me they would lose, or at least draw, to any half-decent team in good form.
And yet I was sad when their star player, Wayne Rooney, got sent off for hoofing an opponent in […]